tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2510888551014839715.post4616195401844742431..comments2017-05-27T04:49:38.527-04:00Comments on Voice of the Islander Fans: New York Islanders: Impressions on The Barclay's CenterFCTnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2510888551014839715.post-71740988980384174212014-03-03T18:55:31.569-05:002014-03-03T18:55:31.569-05:00If Mr. Wang had put a consistent winning team in t...If Mr. Wang had put a consistent winning team in the NMC or invested wisely on talent and front office in the last 10 years the team would not have to leave. I can name 20+ negatives he has done since buying the team. I can&#39;t name 5 positives . Most Islander fans did not want him to buy the team. Wang&#39;s objective all along was real estate and property management not hockey team owner. The Brooklyn dump is a bad basketball arena, it&#39;s a terrible hockey arena. The upper level is too far away and too many obstructed views. I will not be renewing my 25 year season tickets. Please sell the team to an owner who cares. Dump the coach and the backup goalie playing GM. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2510888551014839715.post-56414500227165438982013-04-11T18:09:10.827-04:002013-04-11T18:09:10.827-04:00John Tavares probably signed his 6 year extension ...John Tavares probably signed his 6 year extension because he saw a young and up and coming team and he wanted to lead it. Wang could have kept the team on Long Island, and don&#39;t give the spiel oh Brooklyn is Long Island. Geographically it is, but Nassau and Suffolk have as much in common with Brooklyn as we do with Newark or Philly. I liked the Lighthouse Project and voted for it as did many other people I know. Wang was just as gulity as Kate Murray, he could&#39;ve scaled back his project, he could&#39;ve explored Suffolk, even Queens was on the table. Shit I would rather go to Quebec than Brooklyn to see them play.<br />I do expect the first couple honeymoon years the &quot;faithful&quot; will go to Brooklyn,and state how wonderful everything is blah blah blah...,but by year 5 going to Brooklyn will grow real old for the folks in Nassau and Suffolk.<br />If forced to root for a city team one might as well switch to an original. At least when you take the LIRR from Hicksville you won&#39;t have to transfer at Jamaica, and you&#39;ll have plenty of trains out of Penn on the way back.<br />I wish the Islanders luck. I&#39;ll root for you this year, and next when you represent Long Island, but I will have no use, or loyalties for the NY Brooklyn Islanders.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com